The police had evidently declined the role of on-camera head-bashers.
In 1981, she declined the role of Emelie Ekdahl in "Fanny and Alexander," which Bergman had written for her.
Her luck improved when Audrey Hepburn declined the role of the prima ballerina in The Turning Point (1977), giving Bancroft a substantial role as the bitchy rival to Shirley Maclaine.
Day herself has mentioned projects she refused or changes she insisted on: she declined the role of Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" (finding it exploitative) and had vulgarities removed from "Lover Come Back".
In such poems as "Not Like a Cypress" and "I Want to Die in My Bed," both from a collection published in 1958, Amichai declined the role of military victor or glamorous hero.
Wary of period films after flopping in the costume drama Parnell (1937), Gable at first declined the role of Rhett Butler in David O. Selznick's production of the Margaret Mitchell best-seller, Gone with the Wind (1939).
As external opportunities declined, the role of the state increased.
After the war, Harlan claimed that no other director would touch the project and that he himself had tried to decline the role of director.
Diocletian completed the work of fully restoring the empire, but declined the role of princeps and became the first emperor to be addressed regularly as domine, "master" or "lord".
Fonda, who originally declined the role because of his awed reverence for Lincoln's legacy, embodies Abe with plainspoken assurance and gutsy idealism.
Among those who declined the role are Sir Stuart Rose, chairman of M&S and Dame Marjorie Scardino, the chief executive of Pearson.
